Universities that belong to key universities but are not 2 1 1 and 985 are: beijing language and culture university, Jiangsu University, Yanshan University, South China Agricultural University, Xiangtan University, Central Academy of Drama, Hebei University of Technology, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Institute of International Relations, Shenyang Agricultural University, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Northeast Petroleum University, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Liaoning University of Engineering Technology and Jiangxi Agriculture. Key universities with expanded information refer to universities supported by key national construction. In the modern sense,' key universities' include 985, 2 1 1 universities selected for the above-mentioned national key construction projects and former national key universities not included in the national key construction projects. At present, there are about 100 national key universities in China. In addition, there are provincial key universities and municipal key universities established by the governments of provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.

1995 to 2008, the central government successively designated 1 12 universities as "2 1 1 project" key construction universities; 65438-0998, the central government identified 39 universities as key construction universities of the "985 Project"; In 20 12, the central government designated 100 universities in 24 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government as the key construction universities in the "Basic Capacity Building Project for Colleges and Universities in the Midwest"; Establish 14 universities in the central and western provinces without universities directly under the Ministry of Education as the "comprehensive strength improvement project for universities in the central and western regions"; In 20 15, the Ministry of Education, together with relevant departments, is deeply implementing the revitalization plan of higher education in the central and western regions, arranging special funds of1600 million, and implementing the basic capacity building project and comprehensive strength improvement project of universities in the central and western regions.